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Bad Things Happen When Good People Do Nothing 7/17/18

By Tom Turner I have repeatedly asked myself over the years, “How do the good citizens of Bonham, on occasion, get stuck with sorry government?” More often than not, it’s because nobody asked the right questions or looked into the motives of the people running for office. Sometimes, people running for office have secret, self-serving agendas. Agendas which, if known, would guarantee they would not be elected. The situation at the Bonham Independent School District (BISD) is just one example of what goes wrong when we don’t vet candidates properly. I feel very strongly that it is The Fannin County Leaders’ continuing obligation to keep Fannin County’s voters informed as to what is really going on in government. Unfortunately, as of today, we have four school board members who have advanced their secret personal agenda at the expense of BISD’s adopted goals. Those board members are Chance Roberts, Randy Pendergrass, Jason Fox, and Dr. LaTonia Arris. What is the secret personal agenda of this group of four? Let’s begin with a little history. Jason Fox was a teacher in BISD who was given a review by the BISD administration. Rather than improving his teaching performance, he quit and got a job teaching in Bells. He had an ax to grind with the BISD administrators and ran for a position on the BISD school board for the purpose of getting revenge. He encouraged others to assist him in carrying out his agenda. He and the three other members of the group of four worked secretly for the last year to get the administrators responsible for Fox’s review fired. In carrying out their plan, they have

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potentially violated the Texas open government laws and have arguable violated criminal statutes. Their hateful efforts to date have resulted in the resignation of Superintendent Beaty and have terrorized Asst. Superintendent Cheek and her family. School Board Candidate Jason Walker did much of the group’s dirty work. He gathered pictures of the young girls at school functions. He also followed Marvin Beaty to find out where he was going and reported all of this back to the four board members. Thanks to the Texas Open Records Law much of this information is publicly available to citizens who ask the right questions. Turned over text messages confirm the group’s agenda. Some of the text messages and other information are available on The Fannin County Leader’s Facebook page. All of this information is at The Leader, if you would like to read it. To date, Chance Roberts, Randy Pendergrass, Jason Fox, and Dr. LaTonia Arris’ secret agenda has cost the School district over a quarter of a million dollars that could have been spent on “providing quality learning opportunities for every student every day.” Legal fees for the four Board Members continue to mount, at taxpayers’ expense. According to a budget amendment at the March School *All prices +TT&L, W.A.C. - Some units down payment may be slightly higher Board meeting, $84,662 was added to the BISD legal fund. 2015 KIA FORTE 2008 CHRYSLER SEBRING 2006 FORD F-150 SD As of April 2, 2019, they have spent $277,628.77. 2014 FORD F-150 After the 2008 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER 2006 FORD F-150 amendment, the costs could go to2014 $362,290.77. This is a FORD ESCAPE (BLK) 2008 CHEVY EQUINOX 2006 FORD EXPEDITION 2013 of DODGE DARTfunds in 2008 CHEVY COBALT EDDIE far cry from being “excellent stewards taxpayer 2012 FORD FUSION 2007 SUBARU FORESTER 2006 DODGE GRAND a transparent environment.” When 2012 will CHEVY it end?EQUINOX Again, I call 2007 PONTIAC G6 CARVAN 2011Randy FORD TAURUS 2007 PONTIAC for the resignation of Chance Roberts, Pendergrass, 2006 DODGE DURANGO 2011 FORD EXPEDITION 2007 KIA SPECTRA 2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER Jason Fox, and Dr. LaTonia Arris. The BISD deserves school 2011 DODGE RAM 2007 HYUNDAI SANTAFE 2006 CHRYSLER P.T. board members who will implement2010 the DODGE BoardsCALIBER Goals. 2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE

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